The Miami Hurricane · Mar 4, 2019
Mortensen’s happiness and competitiveness feeds peers
For Daniel Mortensen, it’s hard to remember a time in his life when his sister wasn’t beaming with positivity.
“She’s always been smiling,” said Daniel Mortensen, a senior forward for Division II Barry University.
Sarah Mortensen, a junior forward on the University of Miami women’s basketball team, didn’t just have an ever-present grin as a child she also had a talent for basketball. Her parents, Pia and René, both played the sport at the semi-professional level in their home country of Denmark, and they passed on their love of the game to their children.
“We’ve always been close,” Daniel said. “Playing basketball has always been a huge part of that and we’ve always been competitive.”